The party is based among conservative Afrikaners, with most of the top leadership having served in the government of apartheid South West Africa.
In June 2009, the party contended that aspects of the affirmative action policy of Namibia violated the country's constitution.
[1] At the parliamentary elections 15 and 16 November 2004, the party won 0.8% of popular votes and 1 out of 72 seats.
In the 2009 election, the party chose not to run a candidate for president, but competed for seats in the National Assembly of Namibia.
Ahead of the election, the top four party leaders were Kosie Pretorius, Jurie Viljoen, Gernot Wilfrid Schaaf and Eric Peters.